styrax

/ ˈstaɪræks /

noun

any tropical or subtropical tree of the genus Styrax, which includes the storaxes

Origin of styrax¹

C16: via Latin from Greek sturax

It is occasionally met with largely adulterated with liquid styrax.

The Styrax benzon, a native of the Indian islands, yields the resin called benzoin.

Styrax is a remedy of value and is commonly employed as an ointment in the strength of one part to two or three parts of lard.

It exudes from the Styrax benzoin by wounding the tree, and drying, becomes a hard gum-resin.

Liquid storax or styrax preparatus, is a balsam yielded by Liquidambar orientalis, a native of Asia Minor.

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